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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Blood Letters’ by Lian Xi

By Joseph C. Goulden

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, March 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Xi Jinping’s rule shatters hopes for China’s liberalization

By Yanan Wang - Associated Press

Xi Jinping by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Xi Jinping, now ‘president for life,’ figures to be as powerful as Mao

By Jed Babbin

Illustration on the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Remembering the ‘Chinese Spring’

By Thomas Ward

Vendors wait for customers at a curio market near a display of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong alongside images of emperors and deities in Beijing, China, Monday, May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China barely notes start of Cultural Revolution 50 years ago

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai. (AP Photo)

Inside China: Stock market crash blamed on U.S. conspiracy

By Miles Yu

Chinese paramilitary policemen stand watch visitors near a portrait of Mao Zedong. A popular Chinese television celebrity has apologized for insulting the founder of Communist China at a private dinner and says he will better discipline himself. Bi Fujian, the host of the talent show “Avenue of Stars” at the state broadcaster China Central Television, issued the apology April 9 on his own personal microblog that has 1.3 million followers. (AP Photo)

Inside China: Bi Fujian’s ‘Mr. Subliminal’ dinner show offends Communist Party, causes scandal

By Miles Yu

In this March 4, 2015 photo, a man smokes near the souvenir plates bearing images of Chinese President Xi Jinping on display together with China's former presidents at a shop near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Barely two years into office, Xi has attracted an extraordinary degree of attention to his public persona that veers perilously close to a full-blown personality cult. Such a phenomenon has not seen since the days of Mao Zedong, with successors wary of the turmoil his leadership unleashed and generally favoring a dry, rule-by-consensus approach. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s Xi seen at center of emerging culture of praise

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Mao’s Revolution and America’s Fateful Choice’

By John M. Taylor

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KEENE: Taiwan and Mainland China forge uneasy coexistence

By David Keene - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Forgotten Ally’

By John Taylor

"Silent Contest," the work of the Chinese army's Political Commissars community, depicts a sub-rosa struggle between the U.S. and China — a battle to control the hearts and minds of the Chinese people.

Inside China: A parade of paranoia about U.S. ‘engagement’ in China

By Miles Yu

Mao Zedong (Associated Press)

Education Department posts, then removes quote by Mao Zedong

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Lei Feng, a half-real, half-fabricated man depicted by the Chinese government as the communist model soldier, has become a political icon. (Associated Press)

Inside China: Lei Feng and China’s zeitgeist

By Miles Yu

Preservation of Venezuelan leader’s body not easy

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and LISA J. ADAMS - Associated Press

Xi Jinping, China’s newly appointed leader, is expected to focus early in his tenure on curbing the communist nation’s rampant corruption and re-energizing a slowing economy. Mr. Xi is not expected to project a softer image when it comes to human rights. (Associated Press)

Xi’s rise to top began in adversity

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration: China by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: PLA’s growing power in China

By Brahma Chellaney

At Mao-style conclave, China embraces Twitter age

By ALEXA OLESEN - Associated Press

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, display T-shirts given to them by students at the International Studies Learning Center in South Gate, Calif., on Feb. 17. Mr. Xi is expected to take over as head of the ruling Communist Party in November, before becoming president in 2013. Below are the dusty remnants of an abandoned cave dwelling where Mr. Xi lived during part of his youth, when he was sent to learn Mao-era peasant virtues. (The Associated Press)

The fall and rise of China’s Xi

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai puts on his glasses during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Inside China: Bo Xilai verdict avoids the obvious

By Miles Yu